Fabric-printing machine



June 19, 1928. 1,673,934

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Filed June 5, 1925 INVENTORS ERNE'ST Cap 0;;

ATTORNEY June 19, 1928.

E. CADGENE ET AL FABRIC PRINTING MACHINE Filed June 5, 1925 :s Sheets-Shut INVENTORS ERA/E5 -r Capos/v:

ATTORNEYS June 19, 1928.

E. CADGENE ET AL FABRIC PRINTING MACHINE Filed June 5, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORS Enwzsr Capos/v4: qeax Dara/v1 ATTORNEYS Patented June 19, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,673,934 PATENT 0FFZE,.

ERNEST CADGENE, OF ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, AND GEORGE DUPONT, OF PATEI (ISON, NEW JERSEY.

FABEIC-PBINTING MACHINE.

Application flied Inna 5, 1925. Serial H0. 35,198.

This invention relates to improvements in methods and machines for printing fab rics, and is a continuation in part of our eo-pending application, Serial No. 670,670, filed October 25, 1923.

The machine of the present invention is, generally, speaking, of the type] disclosed in our United States Patent No. 1,480,348, dated January 8, 1924.

In machines of the class shown in said patent, as heretofore constructed b others, it has been possible to produce only single colored ornamenta'tionsby one running of the fabric through the machine and whilemulti-colored effects and designs employing the basrelief stencil ornamentation as a part thereof have been heretofore produced, they have only been produced by hand labor and consequently have not been extensively used l because of the resultant high costs of production.

An object of the invention is to rovide a new and improved construction 0 a machine capable of performing, in a single running of the fabric through the machine, a printing of a bas-relief ornamentation with one or more perforated stencils in connection with or supplementary to a printing of a fiat ornamentation with one or more of the usual solid printing rollers.

Another object is to so construct the machine that the line contacts'against the pressure roller of the several printing devices employed may be adjusted so as to secure,

an accurate registration of the component parts of the finished desi-gn. I

A further object is to continuously maintain registration between the has-relief 'and flat ornamentations by providing-a positive drive for the printing inenihersjemployed which will cause said members to operate in VllCl\l'()l']lSln.,

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when tuken'in connection withthe accompanying drawings, which illustrate a yvrclcrred embmlnnent of the inventive idea.

Figure 1 isa side elevation of th machine constructed inaccordance with tl 'inven- 'tion;

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section through the machine;

Figure 3 is an end el vation;

said fabric being led from the roller eneath i an idler roll 12 and from thence about a large pressure roller 13 against which the solid printing roller 14-and stencil 15 engage.

The pressure roller 13 is mounted in bearings 16 slidabl,e in suitable uides in the. frame 10 and vertically ad ustable therein by means of screws .17. Any suitable driving means such as a pulley 18 and belt 19 leading to a convenient source of power may be employed fordriving the roller 13. I p I The printing roller 14 is adjustable radially and circumferentially with respect to rotatably the pressure roller 13, the radial adjustment being provided for the purposeof varying the pressure of the piintin roller a ainst said pressure roller, while t e oirc'um'- erential adjustment is utilized for the purpose of effecting the registration between the flat ornamentation"produced by the printing roller and the has-relief orfiock ornamentation implant-ed upon the fabric by the stenoil 15. It will be understood that-this registrationis accomplished at thebeginning 0f v the operation of the machine, and mecha-' nism, presently to be described, is employed for constantly maintaining this registration by the operation of the stencil in synchronismwith eacliother.

The radial adj ustme'nt: of the printing roll- 'er 14 is-accomplished by mountingthe shaft- 20 of the printing roller i-n .bearin s 21 slidably mounted in guides 22 in the rame 10 (Figure 4). Pressure screws -23 engage with adjacent faces of the bearings 21 to force the printing roller finto printing confact with the fabric, compression springs 24 being provided-for moving the-roller 14 away from the pressure roller 13 when the screws 23 are released. In practice, jsuftieient pressure is applied to the printing roller by means of the screws 23 to cause rin'tin roller and said roller to be positively driven by the pressure roller 13 when the latter is rotated.

- The circumferential adjustment of the sure roller 13-is effected by means of a worm keyed to the shaft 20 of the printingroller and engaged by an adjusting worm 26 secured to the sprocket wheel 27 loosely mounted on the shaft 20. In order to make a circumferential adjustment ,of the roller 14 the screws 23 are first turned to relieve the pressure of the roller on the pressure roller 13 and the adjusting worm 26 is then turned. Inasmuch as the sprocket wheel 27, which carries the-adjusting worm 26, is held from rotation by the gearing connected thereto (presently to be described) it will be apparent that rotation'of the 'worm 26zwill impart a similar movement. of the'roller 14 through the worm 25. After securing the desired amount of adjustment the screws ma then be employed to force the printing rol er againstthe pressure roller.

The rotation of the printing roller-14, when being driven by the roller 13, is employed to positively drive the stencil 15 in synchronism therewith so that the registration obtained by the circumferential adjustmentiof the roller 14 willtbe maintained throughout the operation of the machine. To accomplish the positive'drive just mentioned the stencil 15 is rovided upon each end thereof with a geare flange 28 and each flange meshes with a gear 29 rotatably supported by an arm 30 pivoted to'the frame 10 at 31 and secured in position by anadjusting bolt 32 carried by the frame and engaged with said-arm. The arm '30- also "carries at each end thereof the sprockets 33 and 34 engaged by the chain '35 or'similar driving element. Each chain 35 also engages an idler sprocket 36 pivotally supported by the frameIO and further extends about another sprocket' 37 mounted luponv the countershaft-38 journalled insaid frame. The shaft 38 carries a sprocket 39 engaged by adrive chain 40, or its equivalent, which also extcndsabout the sprocket 27 and an idler sprocket 41, so as to transmit the rotary -movement of the printing roller 14 to said shaft 38. Rotation of the latter is, in turn imparted to the gear 29 through the medium of the chain 35 to rotate the stencil'1-5 in.

'Theconstruction the stencil 15, the

mounti therefor, and the means for feeding the ock printing paste or composition therethiough, are similar, in some of its characteristics, to the construction shown in the above mentioned patent and hence a brief description will suflice for the purposeof the present machine. Said stencil is rotatably mounted for floating movement, in-

'sutficignt to disengage the gears 28 and 29, on a non-rotatable support 44in'the form of a hollow drum having its ends secured in the sectional brackets 45 carried.- by thesides of the frame 10. A portion of the drum-44 is'cut away as indicated at 46 'to ermita combined pressure element and istributing blade 47 to contact with t hefi-nner surfaceof the stencil andho'ld it a pressure roller 13. The pressure element 47 'ainst the is provided with; t-runnions; 48 .removably mounted in the split bearings 49 for ed. in the brackets 50 adjustably secured "3o the brackets 45. To theprojecting ends'of the trunnions 48 are secured the lever-arms 51 3 from which weights 52 are suspended for holding the element 47 with a, yielding and constant pressure against the pressure roller 13.

A pipe 53, which is connected to'a suitable reservoir (not shown) containing *a supply of printing-composition for the stenoil 15, extends into the drum 44 andiis providedwith a plurality of nozzles 54 for delivfering said composition .to a trough 55 mounted within the drum and-extendingthe length of saidstencil. The bottornof the trough is perforated to permit theYcompo-'- sition to flow onto a deflectorjplate 56 the lower edge of which terminates adjacent the lower edge of the element 47,

In practice, the fabric to be printed passes from the feed roll ll beneath the-idler roller 12 and from thence between the pressure.

The printingroller is provided with any suitable design, such as the 10: refs 57 (Figure 5), which is cut'int'othe rol-le. or which may be formedin an electrotype detachably secured to said printing roller in accordance -roller 13 and the printing roller and stencil,

with the well know'nconstructions of devices of this character. The stencil is provided with perforations which" form, in effect, outlines for designs cut 'in'the printing roller; Before starting the machine, the printing roller is adjusted circumfere'ntially, as previously described, to secure the proper rela tion between the same andthe stencil so 3 that the ornamentations produced by the] a respective members 'will be exactly registered with one another in order that thefinished fabric, will have the appearance shown in Figure 5. The machine .is then started whereupon the fabric will first be printed by the roller 14 and thereafter have implanted thereon, by the stencil, the composition which produces the 'bas re'lief-"ornw mentation, which in the present instance is shown asa-plurality' of dots. As preof the stencil and printing roller are exact multiples of one "another to' cause the repetition of. the-designs .oi' ornamentations to be implanted upon "the fabric in exact superimposedfrelation and nlsoithat if any of the printing members contain only a single unit of a motif for. the final design in a circum fercntialdircction, the contact line of such printing member with the pressure roller 13 would have to be located at such a distance from the contact line of the succeeding printing member a: to cause the successive printin-gs to be brought into proper registration.

While, for the purposes of illustration, only one printing roller is shown, it will be obvious that a plurality of such printing rollers could be employed in accordance with-the number of colors which it is desired to reproduceiin the finished product.

' What is claimed is:

1', In the textile-art, the/method ofprinting a flock printing attern in register with a color pattern, W ichcomprises successively applying the color and flock printing patterns to the fabric While i oving the fabric and said applying means synchronously and positivelydriving the. flock applying means to maintain the respective patterns win register, the flock pfihting pattern being formed of flock printing' material implanted on the fabric by means of a perforated stencil. .v

2. Inthe textile art, the method of printing a flock printing pattern in register with a color pattcrn, which comprises moving the fabric to be printed synchronously with a plurality of rinting rollers and aflock printing stenci roller adapted to succes sively apply thecolor and flock printing patterns on the fabric, and positively driving said stencil roller in synchronisin.with said printing rollers to maintain the respective patterns in register, the flock printing pat-- tern being formed of' separated spots of material implanted on the fabric by forcing flock printing material through perforations in said stencil roller, i t

3. The combination in'a fabric printing machine, of a pressure roller, a thin perforated stencil to produce a bas'relicf ornamentation, said stencil being movable in juxtaposition to said pressure roller,'a printing roller to produce a flat ornamentation,

cil in maintain said bus-relief ornamcntationiiiand 'means'for driving. said stencil in synchronism with said printing roller to maintain said has-relief and flat-ornamentations in register.

4. The combination in a fabric printing machine, of a pressure roller, a thin perforated stencil to produce a has-relief ornamcntation, said stencil being movable in juxtaposition to said pressure roller, a print ing rollcr to produce aflat ornamentation, l5 and gearing 'for positively 'driiin'g said stencil in synclnonisin' with saidprinting roller to maintain-said bas-rclicfand flat ornamcntations in register. I

5. In a fabric. printing machine, a: pressure roller, a plurality of printingnicmbers are ranged about-said pressure roller iii printing a contact therewith, each of said rinting' members being movable in a single direction" and being provided with suitable designs to 55 print separate characteristicsof a composite ornamentation, and one of said' prmtin members comprising a thin erfora-ted stencil in juxtaposition to said pressure roller to producea has-relief -oi'namentation,.. and gearing for positively driving said stencil in sync ironisin with the other printing member to maintainsaid has-relief ornamentation in register with the ornamentation produced by said other printing men ber.

6. In a fabrieprinting machine," aressnre roller, a pluralit of printing nicm ers arranged about sai pressure roller iii-printing contact therewith, each of. said rioting f members being movable in a single irect-ion and bciug providcd with suitable '(le'signs.t0 print separatecharacteristicsof a composite ornamcntation,- and one of said printing members comprising a thin perforated sten- Iuxtaposition to said pressure roller to produce a has-reliefornaiuentatiqn gearing for positivcl driving said stencil 'ur'sy-n chronisin with-t e other printing member to register with the ornamentation. by said other printing member, and moa'n8: to permit said other printing member shifted independently of said stencil and relative to said pressure roller in-a 'clrc fcrential' direction. 7. A machine for printing flatahd relief ornamentations on t-cxtilc fabrics, 1 eludingapressure roller over whicli' tsiugl length of fabric is passed, a. pri'i' itlnfi bcr cooperating with said pressure ro er and movable in one direction onlyto pri ntflat ornamentation on certain portions of can} length of fabric as it is'passed over roller, and a stencilingymeniber moutitd above and capable of. contact itithspld prcssn re rolleiimd simultaneously operating relative to said printing meni ber forroducing has-relief ornamentation on itferent portions of said length of tah'ric adjacent the one first named portions, which bus relief orn a g 'nentation forms i effect, an outline for mentation on one portion of fabric, a stencil also cooperating with said ressure roller to print has-relief ornamentation on'a difierent portion of said fabric adjacent the first.

named portion, supporting means'for said printing member, meansfor adjusting-said supporting means to vary the pressure of the printing member against said rollcr, and means to permit said stencil and printing member to be shifted independently of one another and relative to said pressure roller.

9. A machine for printing flat and has- .relief ornamentations on textile fabrics, including a pressure roller, :1 pair of printing members one of which includesa thin perforated stencil mounted. adjacent .said pressure roller and the other of which includes a solid printing roller, bearings for said printing roller, resilient means acting against ,said hearings to normally force said printing roller away from said pressure roller, means engageable with said bearings to force said printing roller toward said pressure roller against the pressure of said resi ient means, and means-to urge said stenoil with a yielding pressure against said pressure roller.

10. In the textile printing art, the method of printing a flock printing pattern in reg.-

' istcr with a color pattern, which comprises successively applying the color 1 and flock printing patterns to the fabric while moving the fabric and said applying means synchronously and maintaining the respective patterns in register, the tlock'printing pattern being formed of flock printing material implanted on ,.the fabric by means of a perforated stencil. 11. In the textile rinting art, the method of printing a flock printing patte rn in register with a color pattern, which comprises moving the fabric to be printed synchronously with a plurality of printing rolls, including color rolls and a flock printing stencil roll adapted to successively apply the color and flock printing patterns onthe fabric in proper register, the flock printin,g

pattern being; formed of separated spots of material implanted on the fabric by forcing flock printing material through perforations ii said stencil roll.

12. In the textile art, the method of print ing a flock printing pattern in register with a color pattern, which comprises successively applying the color and flock printingipatterns to the fabric while moving the fabric and said applying-means simultaneously and concomitantly, the flock printing pattern being formed of flock printing material imlanted on the fabric by means of a perfabric in substantial register, the flockp'rinting pattern being formed of separates otsof material implanted on'the fabric by orcing the flock printing material through the perforations in said stencil. roll.

w 14. In a fabric printing machine, a pres-' I sure roller, a plurality of printing members arranged about said pressure'rol-ler in printing contact therewith, each of said printing members having. operative movement in'a' single direction and being. provided with' suitable designsto print separate cliaracteristics of a composite ornamentation, and one of said printing members comprising a per-' forated' stencil movable in juxtaposition to said :pressure roller top'roduce a. has-relief ornamentation, and means -whereby said printing members have substantially synchronous movement so that the separate characteristics 0f said composite ornamenta-. tion are in substantial register; t i I 15. In a fabric printing machine, a pressure roller, a stencil cooperating with said I,

roller for producing certain ornamentations,

a printing member also cooperating with said roller for producing other.ornnmentations, said printing member having opera-' tive movement only in one direction, means whereby said printing member and stencil 4 have substantially synchronous movement'sio that the ornamentations produced *thereby' are in substantial register, and means to pcrmit said stencil and printing member to be shifted independently of one another and relative to said pressure roller.

16. The c mbination a fabric printing machine, 0 a pressure roller, a perforated stencil to produce a has-relief ornamenta tion positioned in juxtaposition to said pres-f sure roller,:a printing roll to producea ornamentation positionedfin juxtaposition to said pressure roller,.and means whereby stantially synchronous movement so 'that said baserelief ornamentation is in substanarranged around said cylinder in-c'ooperativeprinting relation thereto, means for rotat ing said cylinder and the respective. printing rolls synchronously,'ai'id' means for 1111- said printing member and stencil-have subi planting the flock printing patternniiw the register with the printed pattern from said fabric by forcing fldek printing material 6010! printing roll. I through perforations in s'aid stencil roll, In testimony whereof we have affixed our '10 18. The textile machine as claimed in signatures. i 5 cl im 17, in which means is provided for in- 1 dependently adjusting said flock printing ERNEST CADGENE.- roll to bring the printed pattern thereof in GEORGE DUPONT. 

